ABC News looks at the development and whether anything will change in the US military posture in Iraq, Syria and Afghanistan. To meet this national interest, USA forces are conducting partnered counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan, while other US forces are working with NATO's Resolute Support mission to train Afghan security forces to shoulder their country's security mission. [Full Article...]

Richard Burt, a former USA ambassador to Germany who now lobbies on behalf a pipeline company owned by the Russian energy giant Gazprom, said he attended events with Sessions at least twice past year, and his ties to the Trump campaign were reported as early as last October. [Full Article...]

Lyle Steed Jeffs sold the Leatherman multitools for $37 at River City Treasures and Pawn in Yankton, South Dakota, on Tuesday using his last name as his first name, said owner Kevin Haug. Investigators believed at the time that Jeffs used olive oil to remove his ankle monitor June 18, 2016, because federal agents were in touch with him earlier in the day but lost contact during the evening hour... [Full Article...]

In a tweet early Thursday, Trump said: "They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story". No longer is he merely focused on Moscow's efforts to interfere in the 2016 election, meaning Mueller appears also to be zeroing in on Trump's actions since taking office on January 20. [Full Article...]

The lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland names 10 countries it says Trump has profited from as president. Some congressional Democrats are expected to file a third lawsuit arguing the president's behavior is also unconstitutional as early as this week. [Full Article...]

The suspect, who also owned a shotgun, is believed to have obtained a permit to carry a concealed weapon in the last two months or so. The annual congressional baseball game will reportedly take place Thursday evening as scheduled. So according to Sanders, when a insane person goes out and shoots Republicans, it's no one's fault but the shooter's. "And I sure didn't put any more political si... [Full Article...]

Spotify, which has been the subject of intense speculation about a potential direct listing on the New York Stock Exchange, made an operating loss of $389 million (349 million euros) in 2016, compared to a $263 million (236 million euro) loss the previous year. [Full Article...]

Hodgkinson , 66, of Bellevillle, Illinois in a golf league nearly 30 years in neighboring Edwardsville. President Donald Trump confirmed Wednesday that Hodgkinson had died from his injuries after the shooting . US President Donald Trump visited Mr Scalise in hospital, and offered his support on Twitter. The lawmakers were practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game for Charity , sched... [Full Article...]

Berberoglu's arrest drew criticism from TUSIAD, a leading Turkish business association, saying prosecution and arrests of journalists and academics was damaging the image of the country. Separately, the three are being tried for "aiding a terror organization without being members", a reference to the network of USA -based cleric Fethullah Gulen , accused by Turkey of orchestrating last year's b... [Full Article...]

He's in the intensive care unit at George Washington University Hospital . Mika's family issued a statement indicating that they were traveling to Washington , D.C.to be with him, and asked the media to respect their privacy. He recently came out of surgery but remains in the ICU in critical condition and we expect him to stay there for at least several days. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Francis B... [Full Article...]

Drabu said instead of resorting to rhetoric, the opposition should come forward with a constructive roadmap on how they would like to go about implementing the new tax regime while safeguarding J&K's fiscal autonomy. The GST aims to make India a single market, eliminating the many barriers at the state borders and subsuming various state and central levies. We have prepared our own draft bill th... [Full Article...]

Governor. Gov. Ralph Northam won the Democratic nomination in the closely watched race for governor Tuesday, defeating a more liberal insurgent challenger in a contest to be one of the party's standard-bearers against President Donald Trump . [Full Article...]

The new look is due to be seen on Twitter .com, iOS, Android, TweetDeck and the Twitter Lite platform in the "coming days and weeks". Twitter has brought in elements of the "card" UI used on many other apps. Twitter has also refined its typography to make it more consistent, and added bolder headlines to make it easier to focus on what's happening. And it does not come as much of a shock b... [Full Article...]

More on this unveiling will follow later, with more information and details about the Green4U Panoz Racing GT-EV, the first fully electric auto to try and take on the 24 Hours of Le Mans . "Our team is focused on achieving the speed and range of current road racing sports cars ", said Willis. Rather than sitting square in the middle of the auto, a GT-EV driver will sit on the left side of ... [Full Article...]

But following the announcement of the deal, Yahoo had informed that it had found two data breaches in 2013 and 2014, that had affected more than 1 billion user accounts. What remains of Yahoo will be renamed Altaba Inc. The ticker and trading information for Verizon is displayed on a screen at the post where it is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US Jun... [Full Article...]

Scalise , 51, and three others were wounded when a man identified as James Hodgkinson , 66, from the St. Louis suburb of Belleville, Illinois, opened fire on the lawmakers. Hodgkinson of IL. In a show of bipartisanship, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan said on the floor of the House: "An attack on one of us is an attack on all of us". [Full Article...]

Labor Secretary Silvestre Bello III consulted with the Foreign Affairs Department concerning the lifting of the suspension, the DOLE said in a statement. The Philippine embassy and the POLO in Qatar also sought the deployment of an assessment team to meet with government authorities and companies providing employment to Filipino workers. [Full Article...]

Ever since it debuted in March , you'd have better luck finding Bigfoot in the wild than a Nintendo Switch at a retail store. In order to make this list, there at least had to be a trailer , and I did try to focus on games that are coming out this year. [Full Article...]

In an interview with The Verge (via Videogamer ), despite the hype, Ancel has now described the status of Beyond Good and Evil 2 as at "day zero of development"-which speaks directly to this omission". Play the adventure by yourself or with friends in a vast and seamless online playground. While private enterprises fight over resources and power, the first colonists weave together the rich an... [Full Article...]